Charlie Donlea – Irish thriller writer, known for novels such as The Girl Who Came Back and Twenty Years Later. Born in County Meath, he worked as a journalist, contributing to the Sunday Times and Irish Independent. His thrillers revolve around missing persons, family secrets and the haunting weight of past tragedies, blending suspense with genuine human emotion.
✨ Began as a crime reporter, shaping the realism in his novels. 📚 His books are international bestsellers, translated into multiple languages. 🎓 Studied journalism in Dublin. 🖋️ Says he writes about “ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.” 🌍 Lives in Ireland, often drawing inspiration from travels to the US. 📖 Themes of memory, guilt and redemption dominate his storytelling. 🙃 Quirk: once spoiled the ending of his own novel during an interview. 😄 Amusing: jokes that if his phone were stolen, the thief would get “a whole series of thrillers in draft form.”